Moa Blanc wheat beer is brewed using a blend of 65% wheat malt and 35% barley malt which results in an elegantly smooth beer, with hints of spice and uplifting esters. The slightly cloudy appearance reflects its Germanic origins and it’s customary to gently roll the bottle before opening to create an even distribution of the sediment signature.

Reviews by lamarr04:

A: Pours a hazy straw with one and a half inch white head and lots of carbonation rising from the bottom of the glass. Leaves some lacing down the glass.

S: Starts out with a lot of sour funk from the yeast. Followed by some fresh cut grass hay like notes. As the beer warms banana and coriander come through.

T: Raw grain, spicy hops, sour yeast. Finishes with a but of sweetness.

M: Crisp carbonation punctuates a lightish body. Wheat definitely comes through on the mouthfeel, lending to a dry finish.

D: Very nice. I like the house wine yeast funk that the two moa beers I have had so far feature quite prominently. The blanc was a bit less complex and lighter than the original but that almost makes it more drinkable.

More User Reviews:

The beer pours a hazy light yellow color with a white head. The aroma is strong wheat and lemon. The flavor is bubble gum along with wheat and lemon. This is a very light-flavor beer. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

Pours amber with a sudsy white head. Nose is uber-skunky but this quickly fades to reveal hints of lemon and wheat. Similar lemon flavours, quite acidic and tangy as well. Otherwise just a little bit of wheat and sweet unchallenged malt. Carbonation is way too high.

Poured a very bright golden, almost white color, hazy with yeast; a nice full creamy head. Smelled fruity and tart. Taste up front had me thinking apple, but after taste was a little "rusty", just a touch. I did get apples more than anything. Quite refreshing and easy to drink, but not the best Witbier I've had. Mouthfeel is average to good, and drinkability is good, smooth to drink and easy on the pallet.

A: Pours a hazy, straw/gold color with some suspended sediment. The head quickly builds to a fizzy one finger before switching over to a layer of cream that slowly ments away. Surprisingly, lace was at a minimum.

S: When I popped the cap, I noticed a whiff of "green bottle skunk". As I worked my way through the glass, I figured out that it wasn't necessarily skunk as much as a funky and tart green apple smell. Also noticed some mildly toasted grain and a bit of Wit yeast.

T: See above. Also along for the ride was some citrus-y and grassy hops and a mere suggestion of pineapple way in the background of the finish.

M: Prickly and spicy with a fruity tang that sticks to the sides of my tongue.

D: Enjoyable and inoffensive. Can't wait to try this again in the middle of the upcoming Chicago summer.

T: The taste starts out bready with flavors of wheat, Belgian yeast and a hearty malt character for the style. Then some sweetness comes in from flavors citrus and spices. The hops presence is mild but complementary and provides a good balance. The after-taste is slightly bready.

Pours a cloudy golden orange with a starch-white head that doesn't budge. Not much of a smell: some sour cherries, a bit of yeasty funk. This is a fairly one-dimensional tasting beer: clean, lemony, chardonnay sweetness on the back end. It's a refreshing beer that comes close to tasting like a wine cooler, but not quite as sweet as one. While the carbonation is significant, the bubbles are fine, like a good champagne.

I found this in an expensive 4 pack at Bellport Cold Beer ($20) and we tasted it in little glasses with friends around a table after trying some other ales.

The Moa Blanc poured like a cloudy wit beer mixed with champagne bubbles emanating from the sides. Light in its approach, the soft beer sparkled with nuances rather than bold tastes. I liked the fragrant aroma with citrus notes as I finished one little glass after another to conclude a bottle or two in good company.

I liked the light approach of the beer as it could be served anywhere, but it's price would make it a sparingly used item in my opinion.

A - pale translucent gold with a short lacy fizzy head. Very bubbly and has lots of small particulate matter.S - a mild wheaty sweetness with a lemon twist. There is a spice in there but just barely.T - not much happening here. Just a faint sweet mild wheat background with some dilute lemons. Still can't quite find the spice.M - watery and heavily carbonated.D - reminds me too much of mass market American beers to make it onto a repeat list.

Comes in a champagne bottle with a basketed cork, very nice. Pours pale gold with the cloudiness expected of the style. Very effervescent, champagne-like with a 1-2 finger foamy head that leave a little bit of bubbly lacing. Nose is originally a bit skunky like mediocre beer, but as it sits that does tone down a bit leaving a yeasty and slight citrusy notes. Taste is so-so, similar to yeast that has rotted, rather acrid and sour without being refined or balanced. Almost reminiscent of a Heineken quality beer. I would probably not get this again.

When held against straightforward wheat/wit beers, Moa's could be considered a total failure. However, on its own merits it isn't so bad. Every wheat characteristic is toned down: the head is merely big but not towering; the aromas are hop-heavy with cloves and bananas about five steps behind; the body is thin and the fizz is more than moderate; the taste is hoppier than you'd expect with only light tones of cloves/bananas/lemons/citrus. In other words, it's a sort-of wit beer. But it's definitely refreshing and, as it warms, becomes more layered. Just leave your expectations at your refrigerator door.